=al sway over a half breed crew of Eskimo
(- the old ones are full blood). Bought
10 or 12 beautiful baskets - a spear
thrower & a large mammoth tooth. As
well as some small carvings in ivory -
The difference between the culture here
and at "Holy Cross" Mission - the last
Tinneh camp coming down the river,
is as marked as that between night &
day - The Tinneh use the birch bark
canoe, (it may be an attempt to copy the
Kiack), make no baskets and do not
carve - they are thriftless and wandering
in their life, - without settled abodes.
On the other hand the Malemutes (Eskimo)
make the beautiful Kiack, splendid
baskets (both the spiral roll-work
and woven paternes) and are splendid
carvers in ivory and wood.
Pitka's son is a bright young man
about 20 - he went to School at